Thread by @mujtahidd

#Trump_MBS scandal involving President @realDonaldTrump and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman...

@realDonaldTrump Following @realDonaldTrump's visit to SA, US stance on Saudi affairs changed especially on competition between MBS & MBN and Qatar siege.

@realDonaldTrump MBS = Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (de facto King)
MBN = Mohammad bin Nayef (deposed Saudi Crown Prince and Interior Minister)

@realDonaldTrump Prior to @realDonaldTrump, US institutions stood firmly with MBN throughout Obama's presidency. This was reaffirmed in a letter to the King.

@realDonaldTrump After @realDonaldTrump's Riyadh visit, he changed the US stance on the MBS v MBN power struggle and forced the establishment to back MBS.

@realDonaldTrump Past US administrations were keen on avoiding strife within GCC: This is because American interests cannot be upheld without a harmonic GCC.

@realDonaldTrump That was until @realDonaldTrump's return from Saudi upon which Qatar siege began and he openly supported it contradicting Defence&State Dept

@realDonaldTrump More bizarrely; MBS has a secure direct line to @realDonaldTrump like no other leader has - not even Israeli Netanyahu & British May...

@realDonaldTrump The following story explains MBS's 'special' influence over @realDonaldTrump - even if it means compromising America's national interests...

@realDonaldTrump During @realDonaldTrump's Riyadh visit in May 2017 a private yacht discreetly arrived at Jeddah Port; heavily guarded and identity hidden.

@realDonaldTrump Even the Port's authorities were not allowed near it. Only a number of individuals reached it - delivering several boxes of cash ($1bn USD).

@realDonaldTrump After loading the boxes, the yacht disappeared. The operation lasted hours & was kept secret as was yacht's identity, origin and destination

@realDonaldTrump It transpired from MBS's inner circles that the $1bn was from MBS himself & the yacht belonged indirectly to @Trump Organisation. #Trump_MBS